What business travellers’ requests reveal about travel’s future
The business travel industry is growing, with 52% of companies planning to increase travel budgets in 2025, according to GBTA research. But it’s not just the number of trips increasing - it’s the expectations that come with them. Travellers want their work trips to...
Cyber Week sees rise in interactive communications
Infobip has reported record-breaking communications interactions during Cyber Week, underscoring the rising importance of Rich Communication Services (RCS) and conversational experiences. The platform recorded 11,6-billion communications interactions between Friday,...
ChatGPT risks legal and compliance leaders must evaluate
Legal and compliance leaders should address their organisation's exposure to six specific ChatGPT risks, and what guardrails to establish to ensure responsible enterprise use of generative AI tools, according to Gartner. "The output generated by ChatGPT and other...
Borderless work model challenges employers
National lockdowns forced employers to invest in technologies that would allow their house-bound staff to continue working during the pandemic. "Post Covid, these advances have seen the emergence of new concepts in workforce management, from work-from-home to hybrid...
Western Europe hardcopy shipments decrease
Western European shipments of hardcopy peripherals declined 4,3% year over year to 4,1-million units in 1Q23, according to research by International Data corporation (IDC). There was improvement in product availability, enabling back-order fulfilment, but in some...
False declines carry big risks
Friction at checkout remains a major challenge for businesses, many of which are doing everything they can to reduce cart abandonment and ensure a great customer experience. At the same time, banks face their own challenges as they are the last defence for both...
AI and the promise of accessible, affordable healthcare
Over the past year, artificial intelligence (AI) has dominated the global news cycle as experts across the world engaged in a spirited debate about its positive implications and potential drawbacks for our future. While uncertainties remain about how AI will impact...
A kilowatt saved is worth more than a kilowatt produced
This year's Enlit 2023 Africa event in Cape Town had a pertinent and recurring theme: how can the continent ramp up energy efficiency to mitigate the unstable energy provision faced by many countries including South Africa? Speaking on the panel Utilising advanced...
SAS seeks crowd-driven AI to protect sea turtles
SAS has joined forces with the UNC Centre for Galapagos Studies (CGS) to apply crowd-driven artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to help protect endangered sea turtles - similar to a recent project it was involved in to help track deforestation in the...
Tips on how to survive during economic uncertainty
Kathy Gibson reports - We are living in tough times, and it's harder than ever for organisations to thrive today - putting digital transformation squarely in focus. IDC research shows that operational transformation is far away the top priority for South African CIOs,...
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Empowered women empower women
Rene Miles, MD of Novare Investments, penned this open letter to the women who are in or want to enter the financial services industry. Certain stereotypes associated with the financial services industry remain true - the industry is still male dominated, men earn...
Internet Solutions Ghana is local ISP of the Year
Internet Solutions Ghana, one of Internet Solutions' local operations in Africa, won the Internet Service Provider of the Year Award at the 2017 Ghana Information Technology and Telecom Awards (GITTA) held in the capital Accra. Regional managing director, Yvette...
Kids online safety: do you have questions?
Parents are naturally very busy - juggling work, life and looking after their families, with a key focus on making sure their family and children are safe at all times. However, in today's connected and digital world, when it comes to keeping children safe online, it...
IaaS: easy when you know how
Migrating to cloud infrastructure is far easier than expected, according to the majority of experienced Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) users surveyed by Oracle. But like other cloud technologies before it, IaaS adoption has been held back in some quarters by...
Spectra Graphics launches digital business with Xerox
Cape-based Spectra Graphics has launched a new range of digital printing services with the purchase of a Xerox Color C70 printer/copier from Cape Office Machines and Bytes Document Solutions. Traditionally a latex signage and large format print business, Spectra...
Retail and the omni-channel prophecy
The benefit of retrospect is of some value in business: being able to analyse what went wrong, what was done well, and how what lessons can be learned to fine-tune business strategies going forward. Using retrospect, as a tool, can lead to more effective, agile and...
Device safety under the spotlight
In a fast-moving technological world, where a mobile phone and laptop computer practically dominates everyday life, more emphasis should be placed on the primary need-to-knows to safeguard two of the modern world's most prized possessions. Asharaf Rogers, technical...
Local cloud services: read the fine print
When your data is stored locally, within the data centre of a reputable cloud services partner, you might think that it's as safe as it could be. Not necessarily so, says Riaan Terblanche, solutions architect at First Technology Digital. Terblanche refers to a...
Using blockchain to reinvent asset management
Blockchain is one of the most discussed and intriguing technologies out there today, writes Bas de Vos, director of IFS Labs at IFS. I won't go into the specifics too deeply on how it works since that has been covered by many other sources. Suffice it to say that it...
Typo bolsters digital production with Xerox and XBC-IT
Typo Colour Printing Specialists, one of Johannesburg's leading commercial printing, finishing and binding companies, has significantly upgraded its digital printing capabilities with a new Xerox Versant 2100 press from Bytes Document Solutions' (BDS) authorised...
SAP Systems Analyst (HCM/Payroll) (CH1061) – Western Cape Stellenbosch
Our client in the banking industry is looking for a SAP Systems Analyst with HCM Module and Payroll experience to join their team.The role will ensure stability and full functionality within area of responsibility, (Payroll and Time). SIT testing of tax updates,...
Junior Project Manager – Northern Cape Kimberley
Our client is seeking a Junior Project Manager to support the successful execution of battery energy storage projects. The role involves assisting with project setup, execution, and handover while ensuring adherence to timelines and quality standards. This position...
Software Engineer (C/C++ or Golang) (Stellenbosch Hybrid)
ENVIRONMENT:A leading provider of cutting-edge Telecommunications Solutions seeks the coding talents of a Software Engineer, who is keen to become part of its Fibre Front End (FFE) team and would like to grow, contribute and excel in all aspects of its Fibre Front End...
IT DevOps Engineer
Fully remote position or in office if preferred. The position reports to the DevOps Engineering Manager Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Terraform to manage Cloud Infrastructure, Chef to manage virtual serversBuilding and deploying systems for metrics,...
Senior System Engineer
Purpose To advance the maturity of the SKA Mid Dish through assembling, integrating and verifying the SKA Mid Dish systems and products while applying systems engineering leadership and recognised engineering competence and skills across multiple domains, teams and on...
Software Engineer (C/C++ or Golang) (Stellenbosch Hybrid) – Western Cape Stellenbosch
ENVIRONMENT:A leading provider of cutting-edge Telecommunications Solutions seeks the coding talents of a Software Engineer, who is keen to become part of its Fibre Front End (FFE) team and would like to grow, contribute and excel in all aspects of its Fibre Front End...
IT DevOps Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town CBD
Fully remote position or in office if preferred. The position reports to the DevOps Engineering Manager Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Terraform to manage Cloud Infrastructure, Chef to manage virtual serversBuilding and deploying systems for metrics,...
Senior System Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town CBD
Purpose To advance the maturity of the SKA Mid Dish through assembling, integrating and verifying the SKA Mid Dish systems and products while applying systems engineering leadership and recognised engineering competence and skills across multiple domains, teams and on...
Systems Engineer (Stellenbosch Hybrid)
ENVIRONMENT:JOIN a leading provider of cutting-edge Telecommunications Solutions as their next Systems Engineer. Your core duties will span several areas and responsibilities, including pre-sales project preparation, solution design, system integration and testing,...
QA Test Analyst
Role:Conduct testing of new and existing software before it goes into production.You will plan, design, and build sophisticated automated text fixtures and systems for the client's products and programmes.You will work on the automation quality assurance efforts for...
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